Biyombo expects Africa to benefit from NBA exhibition

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Congolese center Bismack Biyombo did not grow up playing on gleaming hardwood floors in Africa but hopes today's youth will get that chance after the National Basketball Association's first exhibition on the continent. The former first-round draft pick, who joined the Toronto Raptors earlier this month, is among the glittering array of top NBA talent featured in Saturday's game in South Africa, the U.S.-based league's latest push to reach emerging markets. "We started playing basketball late and obviously we are trying to change that by building basketball courts," Biyombo said on Thursday during a conference call.

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